Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (10 motions)
10 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
1. THAT the minutes of the September 5, 2023 Council meeting be adopted as circulated; 2. AND THAT the minutes of the Closed Session of the September 5, 2023 Council meeting be adopted as circulated and remain confidential.
Moved by Councillor Patterson, seconded by Councillor Metcalfe
Carried
THAT the minutes of the September 19, 2023 Council in Committee meeting be adopted with the following recommendation withdrawn to be voted on separately: Recommendation # 5 Re: CDP-06-2023 Municipal Housing Pledge and Target
Moved by Councillor Shirton, seconded by Councillor Trainer
Carried
THAT adoption of Recommendation 5 of the September 19, 2023 Council in Committee minutes be deferred to a Special Council meeting on October 10, 2023 with additional information being provided to the October 10, 2023 Council in Committee meeting, after conferring with other municipalities on their position related to the housing target.
Moved by Councillor Shirton, seconded by Councillor Trainer
Carried
THAT the minutes of the Closed Session of the September 19, 2023 Council in Committee meeting be adopted as circulated and remain confidential.
Moved by Councillor Metcalfe, seconded by Councillor Shirton
Carried
WHEREAS gender-based violence (GBV) includes a wide scope of types abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual, and financial abuse, violence, threats and control from a partner, former partner, family member, coworker, or acquaintance; WHEREAS in Ontario and in our community, GBV is most likely to be experienced by a partner or former partner within the context of intimate partner violence (IPV); WHEREAS there is a gender-based killing of a woman occurring in Ontario every week, with 42 femicides in Ontario between November 2022 and August 2023; WHEREAS in 2015, Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam were killed in the rural community of Renfrew County; The Corporation of Haldimand County Council Minutes – September 25, 2023 3 WHEREAS in 2022 the jury of the Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam (CKW) Coroner’s Inquest issued 86 recommendations to the Province of Ontario on Intimate Partner Violence; WHEREAS recommendation #1 of the Inquest is for the Province of Ontario to declare Intimate Partner Violence an epidemic; WHEREAS the Centre for Disease control defines an epidemic as an "occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health- related behavior, or other health-related event clearly in excess of normal expectancy."; WHEREAS on August 14th 2023, in official response to the CKW Inquest, the Federal Government of Canada declared GBV an epidemic that "has no place in our country."; WHEREAS over one in
Moved by Councillor Patterson, seconded by Councillor Lawrence
Carried
THAT By-laws 1 to 6, as listed, be hereby introduced and given a first and second reading.
Moved by Councillor Metcalfe, seconded by Councillor Shirton
Carried
THAT By-laws 1 to 5, as listed, be hereby introduced and given a third and final reading, be signed by the Mayor and the Clerk, the corporate seal affixed thereto and numbered.
Moved by Councillor Patterson, seconded by Councillor Trainer
Carried
THAT the Confirming By-law be hereby introduced and given a first and second reading.
Moved by Councillor Metcalfe, seconded by Councillor Shirton
Carried
THAT the Confirming By-law be hereby introduced and given a third and final reading, be signed by the Mayor and the Clerk, the corporate seal affixed thereto and numbered.
Moved by Councillor Trainer, seconded by Councillor Patterson
Carried
THAT this meeting is now adjourned at 6:46 p.m.
Moved by Councillor Shirton, seconded by Councillor Lawrence